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Channel 4 has confirmed around 340 redundancies — roughly 28% of staff — in its biggest-ever restructure, as CEO Priya Dogra accelerates a streaming-first strategy.

The ASA has banned ads from Thomas Cook, Loveholidays and DialAFlight for unqualified 'eco' hotel claims — here's why bare green words now fail by default and what marketers should do.

DIY chain Toom has opened its advertising inventory to brands for the first time, with its retail-media business run by Rewe Group's Retail Media Connect across roughly 300 stores.

Hyundai's in-house agency Innocean Europe will lead the European activation of the carmaker's UEFA Champions League sponsorship, covering strategy, creative, social and match-day activity.

Fashion discounter Takko has made TV presenter Michelle Hunziker the face of its AW 2026/27 campaign, breaking across linear TV, streaming, print, OOH and social from 10 September.

Omnicom-owned media agency UM Deutschland has elevated Felix Schneider to Managing Director and Chief Strategy Officer, moving to a dual-leadership model alongside CEO Stefanie Tannrath.

Chemnitz agency Zebra Group has won both the creative and media accounts for Haema, Germany's largest privately operated blood and plasma donation service, after a competitive pitch.

A study by Wortliga and Media 4 Nature reviewing hundreds of company websites found the majority of environmental claims would violate the EU's EmpCo directive, which takes effect at the end of September 2026.

Germany's skilled-crafts sector, via agency Carl Nann, has kicked off a public campaign to lobby the Unicode Consortium for a new emoji celebrating pride in working with your hands.

The Hamburg soft-drinks maker fritz-kola has filled its long-vacant top marketing job with Marcin Piaseczny, who joins from Bahlsen just after the brand rolled out its new 'why not?' strategy.

MV Group's independent media agency Good Buy Media has named Doris Madingou director-general after nearly a decade at the firm, alongside two Paris hires and three account wins.

B2B media group Infopro Digital has appointed Jérémy Terrier deputy CEO of its advertising sales division, Infopro Digital Media, succeeding Erik-Marie Bion.

Digital and influence agency Vanksen has named Christophe Jourdain as its new managing director, as founder Xavier Lesueur steps back. Vanksen operates across France and Luxembourg.

Former Public Service minister Stanislas Guerini has been promoted to managing partner at French AI-and-data consultancy Artefact, leading its human and organisational AI-transformation practice.

The last edition of France's flagship charity streaming marathon, ZEvent, raised a record €32.9m in Montpellier, with more than 80 on-site streamers and around 200 remote creators taking part.

Catholic media group Bayard is airing a daily YouTube newscast to cover Pope Leo XIV's visit to France, pooling editorial resources from La Croix, Le Pèlerin and Prions en Église.

French agency Rosa Paris (ex-Rosapark) has recruited art director Paul Grange and copywriter Simon Rizo as a creative pairing, arriving after seven years together at We Are Social.

The City of Paris has awarded the Marathon de Paris concession to the Cadence Running United consortium, which groups Havas Events with sports agencies Keneo and OSE, ending ASO's long tenure.

France's out-of-home leader JCDecaux won the top prize at CB News' annual Grand Prix des Régies, anchored by its viral Céline Dion street-furniture campaign in Paris.

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